Friedberg, Friedland, and Hope

Casey and Kait discuss the development and establishment of three other Moravian congregations in Wachovia in the 1700s. Wachovia went through a great period of growth in the 1750s, 1760s, and 1770s. During this period, three societies in Wachovia were established by those emigrating from the North, especially from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Various issues resulted in populations moving South, and many of these people who came to settle in Wachovia had previous relations with the Moravians. After settling, these societies were established as Moravian congregations. Friedberg: The beginning of Friedberg can be pointed to Adam Spach, a man who was prompted to move to the area from Maryland in the early 1750s after he heard the Moravians preach. Settling near the southern boundary of Wachovia, this society began to quickly develop in the late 1760s to 1770s, with most of the settling families coming from Pennsylvania. Friedberg was established as a Moravian Brethren’s congregation around 1773. Friedland: Members of a settlement in Broad Bay, Maine migrated to Wachovia beginning in the late 1760s. Once families arrived in Wachovia, plans quickly developed for the Broad Bay settlers to live on widespread farms a few miles away from Salem on the southeastern boundary of the tract. In 1771, the settlement was officially organized into a society, and the society was established as a congregation around 1780. Hope: The southwest corner of Wachovia was settled in the 1750s by Irish and Germans who had known Moravians in Maryland. Over the next twenty years, English Moravian families in Maryland moved to the area. Around 1780, Hope was established as a congregation. Hope was the predominantly English-speaking congregation in the area, so most outreach to English-speaking neighbors took place at Hope. Bibliography & Further Reading: Crews, C. Daniel, and Richard Starbuck. With Courage for the Future: The Story of the Moravian Church, Southern Province. Winston-Salem, NC: Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, 2002. Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922. Reichel, Levin, The Moravians in North Carolina: An Authentic History. Salem, North Carolina: O. A. Keehln, 1857. Rohrer, S Scott. Hope's Promise: Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry. 1st ed. Religion and American Culture. University of Alabama, 2005. Sensbach, Jon. A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Music (freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)